Friday, May 13, 2011

We recently announced some significant moves at Technorati Media: namely that Shani Higgins has been promoted as the company’s CEO; Abderrezak Kamel has joined us as CTO; and I will assume the role of Executive Chairman. I’m excited to have Shani running the company, because in terms of day-to-day, she already runs the company as our SVP/GM; I fully trust in her ability to continue growing the company (and my investment!). Abderrezak’s addition is equally exciting, as his expertise in real-time ad technology will help us fully execute our long term vision.

As for me, I’m also very excited to continue with the company in a different yet still very active role. The difference between an executive director and director is just that – being very active with the leadership vs. attending board meetings and watching over a fund’s investment. In my new role, I will work actively with Shani and the exec team on strategy, market intelligence, industry networking and corporate development activities. The biggest reason for these leadership changes was a long planned geographic and lifestyle move for my family; that plan is now happening, and these shifting roles make the most sense to continue growing Technorati to its fullest potential.

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How are you? I recently filed a provisional patent application for a price mechanism that is a good fit for Technorati.

Specifically, the mechanism ensures truthful peer ratings of work samples. A meta-analysis of 85 years of personnel-selection research indicates that truthful ratings of this kind are the best predictors of job performance. The mechanism is designed to "power" an online market for ad spaces that, in combination with a virtual currency, provides individual bloggers with a better way than LinkedIn to engage and improve their professional network, and a better way to attract cash-paying advertisers.

Better still, popularizing this market appears to be foundational for popularizing what some people call "the eBay of customized education."

About Me

I have been at various times: a car salesman, a travel writer, a political consultant, a voiceover artist, a photographer, a copywriter, a trader and a world traveler (yes, it was a career decision…) among several other things. For most of the last decade and a half, I have a made a living creating content and selling media on the internet (currently as the CEO of Technorati Media). I try to be not only a student of the world, but a participant as well. I learned more about my country living outside of it, and learned more about living while doing nothing.